Taj Mahal and his quartet played the Parker Playhouse in Ft Lauderdale, FL, on January 27th, 2020. The 78-year old three-time Grammy winner treated the audience to an evening of African, Caribbean, Hawaiian, and blues music that was upbeat, infectious and captivating. Mahal is a musicologist who celebrates and honors African music as being… Continue reading Taj Mahal | Parker Playhouse | 1/27/2020
Wayne Krantz is one of those guys you probably know even if you don’t know. Gigging professionally as a collaborative musician since the mid-eighties, he’s worked time and again with jazz rock giants like Steely Dan, Michael Brecker, Chris Potter and Billy Cobham. Suffice to say, when Krantz does a multiple night run at a… Continue reading Wayne Krantz | Iridium Jazz Club | 1/31/2020
Ron Pope, an up-and-coming Nashville singer-songwriter, performed at the Aladdin Theater in Portland, Oregon, January 28. The show electrified the concert-goers with a blast of fierce, funky pop-soul. Throughout the evening, Pope showed enormous stage presence, similar to Bruce Springsteen and Jason Isbell. Pope, and his band, are on tour promoting his new album, Bone… Continue reading Ron Pope | Aladdin Theater | 1/28/2020
The legendary Robert Cray brought his Blues, R&B and Soul show to the Parker Playhouse in Ft Lauderdale on Saturday, January 25th, 2020, and we were thrilled to catch the show. The five-time Grammy winner led the quartet through an evening of blues laced soul and R&B songs that spanned Cray’s four decade-plus careers, including… Continue reading Robert Cray | Parker Playhouse | 1/25/2020
Ana Popovic rocked the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Ft Lauderdale, FL, on Saturday night. The 43- year-old Belgrade, Serbia born blues guitarist, led her five-piece band through an evening blues-infused funk, soul, and jazzed up Rock ‘n’ Roll music. Highlights included the soulful, bluesy ballad ‘Slow Dance” and a rowdy version Hendrix’s “Crosstown… Continue reading Ana Popovic | Broward Center for the Performing Arts | 1/18/2020
Sexy jam rockers Ghost Light lit up the stage at the iconic Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg, NY with their unique blend of acid and funk mixed with indie jam rock. The band is led by jam scene veteran and guitarist Tom Hamilton (Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Brother’s Past, American Babies), as well as guitarist Raina… Continue reading Ghost Light | Brooklyn Bowl | 1/18/2020
Can you call Billy Strings a newcomer? Maybe not anymore, seeing as how the twenty-something-year-old virtuoso bluegrass guitarist, along with his band of three other members, is now known for selling out large venues around the country. And yet, the word newcomer feels right in the context of making important notches. Strings and his band,… Continue reading Billy Strings | Capitol Theatre | 1/17/2020
Boston born indie-folk powerhouse Chadwick Stokes Urmston has made his impact on music over the last few decades. Known for fronting bands such as Dispatch and State Radio, his newest undertaking, touring with musical group “The Pintos” proves to have given his resume further depth and opens a new chapter in his life. Including a… Continue reading Chadwick Stokes & The Pintos | Troubadour | 1/10/2020
Sixty-seven years ago, on New Year’s Day, Hank Williams Sr., passed away. What he did for music in just a short amount of time (29 years) on this Earth is legendary. Talking about legends, every year on Third Street in Bethlehem, PA, at Godfrey Daniels, a group of local legend musicians gets together to pay… Continue reading A Tribute to Hank Williams | 1/1/2020
For about 25 years now, “Phil & Friends” has constituted several combinations of like-minded players with extensive Grateful Dead music pedigrees and acumen. On New Year’s Day, 2020, Phil Lesh performed and led a high-spirited, two-set show in the Beach Park, the outdoor performance venue at his Terrapin Crossroads club and restaurant in San Rafael,… Continue reading Phil Lesh & Friends | Terrapin Crossroads | 1/1/2020
